New Hampshire

A new poll shows Rick Perry’s stock is low in a key early primary state, as as his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination continue to attack the Texas governor ahead of tonight’s debate. A new Suffolk University/7 News poll of New Hampshire Republicans shows former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as the clear frontrunner with 41 percent […]
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Rick Perry got some sharp questions in New Hampshire today — from a little boy.

“How old do you think the Earth is?” asked a little boy as his mother hovered behind him outside the café, the Boston Globe reported. The youngster asked Perry what he thought about the theory of evolution.

“It’s a theory that’s out there, and it’s got some gaps in it,” Perry replied.

Rick Perry’s entry into the 2012 presidential contest will shake up the GOP field and add a burst of excitement to a race dismissed by many insiders as lackluster. But there is no guarantee the heralded entrant will live up to his advance notice as the savior of the Republican Party.

“Everything that is being said about Rick Perry right now was said about (former Tennessee Sen.) Fred Thompson four years ago,” says Fergus Cullen, a New Hampshire Republican activist who has not endorsed any candidate. “It can be very hard to live up to the hype, and Governor Perry has gotten a lot of hype.”

GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney wasted no time in taking a swipe at the latest entrant in the Republican White House sweepstakes, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas.

At a town hall meeting in Nashua, N.H., the former Massachusetts governor alluded to a recent Public Policy Polling survey of Texas voters that showed Romney running ahead of President Obama in Texas — while Perry trailed the Democratic incumbent in the governor’s home state

This weekend Gov. Rick Perry is expected to “make clear” he is running for president, according to a media report.

Politico reported that the governor will likely “make clear” that he will run during a speech at the RedState conference in South Carolina this Saturday, the same day as the Ames straw poll. Hours later Perry will head north to New Hampshire and is expected to make his way over to Iowa next week.

The wait is almost over. Supporters of Gov. Rick Perry expect him to announce his candidacy within a week, with key speeches planned in South Carolina, New Hampshire, Iowa and Texas. A Perry speech at the RedState conference in South Carolina this Saturday could overshadow the straw poll taking place simultaneously in Iowa. Hours later Perry will head north to New Hampshire and is expected to make his way over to Iowa next week.
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